Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Brazilian startup Moya Aero has secured another customer for its high-capacity electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft.

South Korean automotive engine component supplier Sambo Motors has unveiled a single-seat personal eVTOL vehicle.

Norway’s Andøya Spaceport has opened new facilities to enable satellite launches from the High North of Scandinavia.

The platform debuted at the Defense & Security 2023 exhibition in Bangkok.

The U.S. Air Force could operate high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) from RAF Fairford, England.

Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has purchased a majority stake in Switzerland-based vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS developer Anavia.

A $12.7 million grant awarded on Oct. 30 to IperionX Technology by the Pentagon will help commission and scale up a titanium plant in Halifax County, Virginia.

China’s iSpace has completed the country’s first test of a reusable rocket, performing a 50-sec. "hop" with the first stage of its Hyperbola-2 launch vehicle.

Days after a ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyber breach, Boeing confirmed a cyberattack was affecting online Global Services operations.

Alternative asset management provider Apollo on Nov. 2 acquired a majority stake in fixed base operator platform Modern Aviation.

Volocopter has conducted crewed flight tests of its 2X electric- vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Florida.

SpaceX’s internet-beaming Starlink satellite division has reached cash flow breakeven, CEO Elon Musk says.

Moog, which designs and manufactures advanced motion control products for aerospace and defense, posted record sales in the September quarter of $872 million.

The Pentagon on Nov. 3 confirmed that unarmed MQ-9s have been operating above Gaza for weeks to help with hostage recovery efforts.

NASA has rescheduled the planned launch of an International Space Station resupply mission from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9 because of a nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer leak.

The Pentagon on Nov. 3 announced another $425 million in aid.

The six Survice-Malloy TRV-150C octorotors are now operational in the Third Littoral Logistics Battalion at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital company led by investor Tim Draper that has funded companies including SpaceX and Tesla.

Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has delivered an Aero2 X2.2 demo to U.S. drone operator Spright for flight testing of the electric tiltwing UAS in Oregon.

Australian electric propulsion startup Kite Magnetics has opened its Green Aviation Test Facility in Melbourne.

Retired U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas K. Mattingly II, who served as NASA’s Apollo 16 mission command pilot and went on to lead two space shuttle missions, passed away on Oct. 31

Venture capital firms invested $135.3 billion in 4,744 defense technology deals from 2016-2022 amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Kratos briefings since 2018 have included references to a secret internal program named Thanatos, but the company had never before shown the concept.

Joby Aviation reported continued progress on the path to type certification for its S4 electric air taxi.

The SwRI's Alan Stern and two other paying passengers joined a Virgin Galactic crew for a short suborbital hop on Nov. 2.